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How to Edit/Modify/Save Hosts File in Windows 7?

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:51:41 +0000

Windows Hosts File contains a Sequential List of IP Addresses assigned to a particular Website. If you want to Speed Up your Browsing, Block Malware OR other Undesirable Websites, than you have to edit Windows Hosts File.

If you are using Windows 7 Operating System, than Editing/Modifying/Saving Windows Hosts File is not possible in most of the cases! In this post we will see How we can easily Edit/Modify/Save Hosts File in Windows 7 Operating System?

Before going into the Steps, Remember, Edit the Windows Hosts File only when you are completely sure What you are doing! Editing Hosts file Unnecessarily may result in problems in Web Browsing.

Here are the Steps for Editing/Modifying/Saving Windows 7 Hosts File

1. Windows 7 Hosts File is located in: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (Assuming C Drive is your Operating System Drive). Copy this location:

2. Click on Start Button >> All Programs >> Accessories and look for Notepad.

3. Now Right Click on Notepad and Select Run as Administrator:

4. Click Open… (CTRL + O) in Notepad and Paste the Hosts File Address in it >> Press Enter and Select All Files from the Drop Down Menu:

5. Now Open the Hosts File and Edit it as per your Requirement. Save it and it’s all done!

Notepad in Administrator Mode can Save the changes you made in Windows Hosts File. You may not be able to Save Windows Hosts File, if you run Notepad in default mode.

An Example of How Changes made in Windows Hosts File can be helpful? can be found in this Post: View Website before DNS Propagation

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Best Free Portable Apps Suite with 280+ Apps

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:31:36 +0000

Portable Apps are those softwares which can run on any system without the need of any installation.

As the name implies, these applications are generally used on a Removable Storage Device like CD, DVD, Pen Drive etc.

If you are looking for a Best Free Portable Apps suite which:

Consists of tons of Free Portable Apps
Updates Automatically
Synchronizes with Online Apps Catalog
Easily fits into Removable Storage Devices like USB Pen Drive, CD, DVD etc.

Than LiberKey is the Best Portable Apps Suite for you! LiberKey comes in 3 different suites which you can download:

The main difference between them is the Total Number of Applications Integrated within each suite. You can always add Additional Apps to any of the above Suites using Online Apps Catalog

How to Add Additional Apps to LiberKey?

Let’s say you downloaded LiberKey Basic and successfully installed it on your PC. Now you want to add more apps to your Portable Apps Suite. For this follow these very simple steps:

1. Run LiberKey on your computer. Expand the Menu LiberKey Tools and Look for Enable Files Associations:

Double Click on Enable Files Associations. You will see following Balloon Tip:

Do remember to Enable by Double Clicking the File Association option, as otherwise your Browser won’t recognize and add Apps to the LiberKey Installation.

2. Now go to LiberKey Online Apps Catalog and Select the Application you want to add to LiberKey. Now Click Install on my LiberKey:

Even you can download an Offline Setup file so that you can add apps to another PC without Internet Connection.

3. After some prompts the Installation will proceed and it’s all done!

The whole LiberKey Setup as well as the Apps in the Online Catalog are Completely Virus Free, so there’s No Need to worry. Also feel free to Browse the History, Statistics and Forum Pages of LiberKey.

Indeed a very useful Portable Application Suite!

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How to Run & Play MS DOS Games on Computer?

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:59:48 +0000

Remember Old MS DOS Games? NO! Just see the Screenshots below and you will remember your good old days (I mean the Days, when you used to play DOS Games)!:

Now it’s really very easy to run these DOS Games on your Computer. You can Run and Play these DOS Games on Windows, Gentoo Linux, MAC OS X, Solaris, Fedora Core, Free BSD etc. This post contains very simple steps about How to Run and Play MS DOS Games on your Computer?

From where to download DOS Games for FREE:

Before going into How to Run DOS Games on your Computer?, lets see the sources from where you can download DOS Games for Free:

DOS Games – This Website consists more than 500 Free DOS Games, which you can download and enjoy on your PC.
DOS Games Archives – This Website consists around 300 DOS Games. These Games are either Freeware, Shareware, Playable Demo etc.
Head over to Wikipedia’s DOS Games List, Check What Game you actually want to play and than Type Free Download DOS Game in Google!

How to Run these DOS Games on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Gentoo Linux, MAC OS X, Solaris, Fedora Core, Free BSD etc.?

Make sure the Game you downloaded is in .zip (WinZip Compressed Archive) Format. Following are the Steps for running DOS Game in Windows XP/Vista:

1. Suppose you downloaded Aladdin.zip on your Computer, Now Copy this .zip folder to your C: Drive and Extract it’s Content to a Folder say Aladdin.

2. Now Download DOSBox (An x86 Emulator with DOS) for Windows, Install the Software and Run the Application.

3. As soon as you run the Application, you will see a Screen with Z:\> Prompt like this:

4. Here we want to load Aladdin Game from C: Drive. So for this, Type Z:\>Mount C C:\Aladdin:

You will get a message Drive C is Mounted as Local Directory C:\Aladdin\

5. Now in order to access C: Drive, type Z:\>C:

The Z:\> Prompt will now change to C:\> Prompt

6. In the above step you have mounted C: Drive and the Program is ready for your Next Command. Now type C:/>Aladdin.exe:

This will Start the Game within the DOSBox Software.

The above steps remain same for all other Games. You need to carefully pick the correct.exe file by browsing the Game Folder Manually. Almost all Games are DOSBox Compatible, but there are some which are not.

For more Information on other Operating System, you can always refer to this DOSBox Wiki Page or Browse through DOSBox Forums

Happy Gaming!

Also See: List of Classic Games that you can play on Linux!, Play Tom and Jerry Game in Microsoft Excel and Free Download Counter Strike 1.6

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Best Collection of Aero Wallpapers for your Desktop!

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:33:24 +0000

Just after Best Collection of Windows 7 Wallpaper Pack, here’s another Best Collection of Aero Wallpapers for your Desktop!

These are some of the Best Aero Wallpapers with dimensions of 1920×200 and the Pack contains 30+ Wallpapers!

You can download the Wallpaper Pack from here (Direct Download Link; Hosted on MediaFire). Before Downloading, check out the Preview of some Wallpapers contained in this Wallpaper Pack:

Beautiful Lake and Mountain in Sunlight Wallpaper:

Church and Mountains Wallpaper:

Beautiful Forest Wallpaper:

Dolphin Wallpaper:

Mountains and Lake Wallpaper:

Red Flower and Garden Wallpaper:

Snowy House Wallpaper:

and More….

Download this 30+ Aero Wallpapers Pack from here (Direct Download Link; Hosted on MediaFire). If due to any reason, the link is not working please Contact Us

Hope you liked the Wallpaper Collection!

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View your Website before DNS Propagation

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:51:05 +0000

If you have recently bought a New Domain and Web Hosting or you have switched your Web Hosting, than you will have to wait for some Hours before you can actually view your Website over the World Wide Web.

This happens because DNS (Domain Name System) Propagation is going on with every ISP (Internet Service Provider) located around the World. People residing at some specific location or using some specific ISP will be able to view your Website much earlier than others. In this Post we’ll see How to view your own Website before actual DNS Propagation?

Please Note that DNS Propagation depends on the following 2 Main Factors:

Location
ISP (Internet Service Provider)

Based on the above 2 Main Factors, it may take 24 Hours to 72 Hours for the DNS Propagation to get completely resolved throughout the World.

How to View your own Website much before the Actual DNS Propagation?:

In order to View your Website before the actual DNS Propagation, you will need your Web Server IP Address.

Web Server IP Address is generally provided you in the Email which you get after Signing up with your Web Hosting Provider.

If you have any sort of problem in finding your Web Server IP Address, it’s recommended that you contact your Web Hosting Service Provider and ask them to provide you your Website IP Address.

Now you have to Temporarily Alter your Windows Hosts File. Following lines gives you details where the Hosts File resides in Windows Operating System:

For Windows 95 / 98 / ME:

Windows Hosts File in Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows ME is located at: c:\windows\hosts - Here considering C: is your Primary Operating System Partition.

For Windows NT/2000:

Windows Hosts File in Windows NT & Windows 2000 is located at: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts – Here considering C: is your Primary Operating System Partition.

For Windows XP (Both Home & Pro)

Windows Hosts File in Windows XP (Home & Pro Edition) is located at: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts – Here considering C: is your Primary Operating System Partition.

For Windows Vista (Home Basic / Home Premium / Business / Ultimate)

Windows Hosts file in Windows Vista (All Editions) is located at: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts – Here considering C: is your Primary Operating System Partition.

Altering your Windows Hosts File:

For Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP (Both Home & Pro):

Depending on What Operating System you are using, Copy the Address of Windows Hosts File as stated above
Now Open Notepad (Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Notepad or Start>> Run >> Type Notepad)
Click File Menu and Select Open… (CTRL + O) and Paste the Location of Windows Hosts File you copied earlier and Press Open Button:

Now you will see something like following at the end of Windows Hosts File:

Now just after the End Line of Windows Hosts File, Enter Your Web Server IP Address >> Hit Tab Button Once >> Enter your Domain Name ( and Sub-Domains; if you wish) each separated by Space:

Save Windows Hosts File from File Menu. Now Exit Notepad and all Browser. If possible, clear Browser Cache.

For Windows Vista (Home Basic / Home Premium / Business / Ultimate):

All the above steps remains same. Whenever you get a UAC Prompt click Continue or if you get an Error while modifying Windows Hosts File read THIS Article from Microsoft

Now Open your Browser and Check out your Website. You’ll be getting it from the Web Server whose IP Address you entered!

Important:

For Mac OS X and other Operating System, you can contact your Web Hosting Provider for necessary details.
As soon as DNS has been resolved for your Location/ISP, Undo All Changes which you have done to your Windows Hosts File.
Some Security Softwares may not allow you to change/alter Windows Hosts File. So either Follow their prompts or temporarily disable them.
This Works only on those Computers on which Windows Hosts File has been modified with Proper Web Server IP Address

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Best Collection of Windows 7 Wallpapers for You!

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:28:55 +0000

Well here is the Best Free Windows 7 Wallpaper Pack for you all

This Wallpaper Pack Includes:

Windows 7 Green Wallpaper
Windows 7 Black Graffiti Wallpaper
Windows 7 Blue Wallpaper
Windows 7 Rising Sun Wallpaper
Windows 7 Golden Field Wallpaper
Windows 7 Dark Blue Wallpaper
Windows 7 Grey artistic wallpaper
Windows 7 Green yellow bamboo wallpaper
Windows 7 Pinkish Wallpaper
Windows 7 Jet Black wallpaper
Windows 7 Green Field Wallpaper
And Of Course More….

Download the Whole Wallpaper Pack from Here (Hosted on Rapidshare)

Here are some Sample Wallpapers from the Windows 7 Wallpaper Pack:

Download the Whole Wallpaper Pack from Here (Hosted on Rapidshare). If the Link appears to be broken please Contact Us

Enjoy these awesome Wallpapers!

Also See: Best Firefox Wallpapers for your Desktop! and How to Download Background Images from Bing Homepage?

[Thanks]

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Roundup of 15 Top & Useful Posts: Part 2

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:51:51 +0000

After 15 Top & Useful Posts on Mrintech: Part 1, here comes the Part 2 of it! For More posts, please visit the Blog Archive and don’t forget to Subscribe in order to remain updated with Quality Content in future.

So Here is a roundup of Top 15 Posts made on Mrintech.com:

1. How to create a Backup of your Website Files on Another Server?: Backing up your Website Files is very essential as disaster can hit anytime. This post tells you How to Remotely Create a Backup for your Website Files on Another Server!

2. Free Utility for Erasing Data Completely from Hard Drive: If you are thinking Just by Emptying the Recycle Bin in Windows, all your Data is completely deleted, you are Wrong! This data can still be recovered! So, why not try a Free Utility that will wipe out data completely from Hard Drive?

3. Use Gmail Storage Space for your Personalized Photo Album: Gmail offers you plethora of free Storage Space. Thanks to Google! So why not use Gmail’s Storage Space for your Own Photo Album!

4. Speed up your Browsing Experience with Opera Turbo: Still using Firefox? Give Opera 10 a Try. This browser now features an enhanced Compression Technology which will boost your Browsing Experience to next level!

5. Join JPEG Images and MP3 File to get a Video File: Just by joining JPEG Images and MP3 Files, you can easily get a Video File! This post tells you How to do so very easily!

6. Create Fonts in your own Hadwriting: There is no need to stick with default fonts of Windows & Macintosh, neither there’s need to download additional fonts from the Web. Create your Own Fonts in your Own Handwriting with the help of this Post!

7. How to ZIP Upload lots of Images?: Got lots of image? Want to upload them all in once? Try ZIP Uploading. Fast & Free!

8. Why Everyone must possess a Linux Live CD?: Linux Live CDs can help you get out from PC Troubles and everyone must possess a Linux Live CD with him/her. Check out More in this Post!

9. Watch Free Streaming & Live Television Shows Online: If you are interested in watching almost all TV Shows broadcasted around the World for Free, than you must check out this Post!

10. Excellent List of Open Source Utilities: Check out some of the best Open Source Softwares in this Post!

11. Do Higher & Lower Level Maths with Google!: Google is not only for Searching Queries! Use Google for doing Higher as well as Lower Level Mathematics Problem too!

12. Services you must Disable in Windows XP: Using Windows XP? Check out this post in order to disable unnecessary Services running in Background using services.msc

13. Best List of Classic Linux Games: Try out some Classic Linux Games on your Personal Computer!

14. Do Windows have a Hidden Star Wars Movie?: Some says Windows Operating System has got Hidden Star Wars Movie in it? Find out what actually it is in this Post!

15. How to Hide your Sensitive Data in an Image?: Do you know you can hide any data residing on your Computer Hard Drive behind an Image? Check out this Post to find out How to do so?

Don’t forget to Visit the Blog Archive and do Subscribe to remain Updated in Future!

Happy Reading!

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Create Fonts in Your Own Handwriting!

Mrinmay Bhattacharjee — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:38:41 +0000

Someday back I wrote about a service which enables us to Create our own Fonts for Windows & Macintosh Operating System!

Now here’s another great online free service which helps us to create Fonts in our own Hand Writing! All you need is a Printer and a Scanner!

Font Capture enables us to create our own set of Fonts from your very own handwriting!

Follow these very simple steps in order to create Fonts of your own:

Step 1: First of all you have to download a Font Template and print it using a Printer attached to your Computer:

Step 2: After printing the font template, it’s time to fill it in with your own handwriting. For best results it’s recommended to use a black marker pen (Sharpie or similar). Make sure to leave a margin around each character.

Each character box has a set of guide marks to help you position the character. The middle one is called the baseline, and is the line on which a letter usually sits. Some letters, such as ‘g’ or ‘q’, descend to the descender line. Uppercase letters typically have their highest point on the ascender. It’s okay for accents to reach slightly above the ascender, but if you go too far you risk having your characters cut off. It’s therefore recommended to keep your characters within the ascender and descender portion of the boxes.

Step 3: As soon as you complete filling up the form, you have to Scan it. Following are some important tips to achieve Best Results:

Set your scanner to operate in grayscale or color mode at 200 DPI or higher.

Save the scanned image in PNG (preferred) or JPG format.

Make sure you don’t scan the template upside down. If you do, rotate the image 180 degrees using an image editor.

Now you have to Upload your Scanned Form using THIS Page.

Bingo! In the immediate Next Step Your Own Personalized Fonts has been created!

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